Jan 19, 2021 · The first dinosaur butthole ever discovered is shedding light where the sun don't shine. The discovery reveals how dinosaurs used this multipurpose opening — scientifically known as a cloacal...

Jan 21, 2021 · The first dinosaur cloaca ever to be reconstructed is already telling us a lot about how ancient avian relatives reproduced and mated.

Mar 23, 2022 · However, that's precisely what scientists did, publishing in 2021 an exquisitely detailed description of a non-avian dinosaur's cloaca: the catch-all hole used for peeing, pooping, mating, and laying eggs.

Jan 20, 2021 · Paleontologists reconstructed a dinosaur cloacal vent for the first time, giving insight into how dinosaurs may have used this opening to defecate, urinate, breed and lay eggs—just like birds...

Jan 22, 2021 · A group of researchers have made the first-ever reconstruction of a dinosaur butthole specimen, known as a cloaca. One paleontologist called it “perfect” and “unique.”

Jan 19, 2021 · In 2016, Jakob Vinther at the University of Bristol, UK, and his colleagues were assessing evidence of camouflage in the well-preserved skin of a metre-long horn-billed dinosaur called...

Researchers have developed a 3D model of the cloaca of Psittacosaurus, a dinosaur that lived on the Earth more than 100 million years ago. The cloaca is a multifunctional orifice that exists in birds, reptiles and amphibians — and the odd mammal — for defecating, urinating and copulating.

Jan 19, 2021 · While most mammals have separate holes for bodily functions, many other animals – including birds and reptiles – have just one and it’s known as the cloaca. The fossilized cloaca confirms that...

Jan 19, 2021 · Their specimen is the only non-avian dinosaur fossil known to have a preserved cloaca, but due to the way the fossil is positioned, the internal anatomy of this opening has not been preserved; only the external vent is visible.

Jan 20, 2021 · According to CNN, an extremely well-preserved Psittacosaurus fossil from China has enabled scientists to examine the mysterious orifice that the dinosaurs used for multiple bodily functions. Despite being more than 100 million years …